Housing And Council Tax Benefit Current Claims

If you currently receive Housing or Council Tax benefit and there is a change in any of your personal circumstances, you must let us know as soon as possible. If you don't tell us about a change and we pay you too much benefit, you may have to pay it back.

You must tell us about the following changes:-

Changes to the money you get

Please tell us if:

• you start or stop getting Income Support or Job Seekers Allowance (income based)
• you start or stop getting Tax Credit
• the money you or your partner gets increases or decreases
• the money non-dependants get increases or decreases
• there are any other changes in the money people in your home get. For example, someone starts getting Disability Living Allowance

Changes in your home

Please tell us if:

• you change your address
• the number of people in your home changes - for example, someone has a baby
• a partner comes to live with you
• a partner leaves
• your private rent charges change

Other changes

Please tell us if:

• you, or your partner, go into hospital for more than 6 weeks
• you, or your partner, become a student, or stop being a student
• the amount of savings or capital you have changes